Friday, 27 June 2008

• Music, recently

  Here are two songs that I haven't been able to stop listening to this week.  Perhaps it is not only because of the musicianship but also the transparency and honesty of the songs.  I find it odd that both are about brokenness in the writer's own lives.  Sorry I couldn't embed anything into the post.
  
  Machine gun by Portishead
  
  I've recently been enjoying the trip-hop scene, but this song especially.  It's percussion driven, but electronic percussion at that.  The vocals are incredible.  The lyrics here are so peculiar that I would love an interview to see what was happening at the time of writing.
  
  "I saw a saviour
  a saviour come my way
  I thought I'd see it
  at the cold light of day
  but now I realise that I’m
  Only for me
  
  if only I could see
  You turn myself to me
  and recognise the poison in my heart
  there is no other place
  no one else I face
  remedy, we’ll agree, is how I feel
  [Machine Gun on http://elyricsworld.com ]
  here in my reflecting
  What more can I say?
  for I am guilty
  for the voice that I obey
  too scared to sacrifice a choice
  chosen for me
  
  if only I could see
  You turn myself to me
  recognise the poison in my heart
  there is no other place
  no one else I face
  The remedy, to agree, is how I feel"
  
  Born Again by Jeremy Casella
  Click here to hear the mp3 and in the comments you can read the writer's comment of his own song.
  
  This song almost seems like a journal entry of Jeremy's, just trying to make sense of things in his life.  I love the acoustic guitar mixed with the violins near the end.  Incredible.
  
  Enjoy!
  
  

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